Moynoe

Moynoe Maigh nEo
Civil parish
Moynoe Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 52.923031°N 8.510855°W / 52.923031; -8.510855
Country	Ireland
Province	Munster
County	County Clare

Moynoe (Irish: Maigh nEo^[1]) is a civil parish in County Clare, Ireland. It is part of the Roman Catholic parish of Scarriff and Moynoe.

Location

Moynoe parish lies in the barony of Tulla Upper. It is 1.5 miles (2.4 km) northeast of Scariff. The parish is 7 by 2.75 miles (11.27 by 4.43 km) and covers 9,848 acres (3,985 ha). On the northern boundary Lough Atorick has a surface-elevation of 450 feet (140 m) above sea-level. Most of the parish, apart from a district of 2.5 miles (4.0 km) beside Scariff bay on Lough Derg, is in the Slieve-Baughta mountains.^[2]

Settlements

The parish was originally called Moyno Norbree. Moyno means the plain of the yew tree, but the meaning of Norbree is unknown. As of 1897 the ruin of the old church was in reasonably good condition. Near it a ruined arch was probably a gateway that led to Moynoe castle, the property of Edmond O’Grady. Further off is a holy well dedicated to Saint Mochunna, the patron saint of Feakle as well as of Moynoe.^[3] The parish contains the townlands of Cappaghabaun Mountain, Cappaghabaun Park, Carrowmore, Meenross, Moynoe, Pollagoona Mountain, Sheeaun, Tobernagat and Turkenagh Mountain.^[4]

The population in 1841 was 1,475 in 237 houses and the main hamlet was Coolcoosaun.^[2]

Church history

In 1633 Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork, bought ten quarters of land north of the Graney River in the Tuamgraney parish, including the castle and ironworks of Scarriff. These lands were combined with the old Moynoe parish to form the Scariff parish.^[5] Today Scariff and Moynoe is a parish of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Killaloe.^[6]

References

Citations

1. Maigh nEo, Placenames Database of Ireland.
2. Parliamentary Gazetteer of Ireland 1845.
3. Frost 1897.
4. Map of Moynoe Parish showing Townlands.
5. A History of Tuamgraney and Scariff since Earliest Times.
6. Scariff and Moynoe: Killaloe.

Sources

• "A History of Tuamgraney and Scariff since Earliest Times". East Clare Heritage. Retrieved 30 March 2014.
• Frost, James (1897). "Ui Donghaile - Moynoe Parish". The History and Topography of the County of Clare. Retrieved 2 April 2014.
• "Maigh nEo". Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 11 April 2014.
• "Map of Moynoe Parish showing Townlands". Clare County Library. Retrieved 2 April 2014.
• "Moynoe". Parliamentary Gazetteer of Ireland. 1845. Retrieved 2 April 2014.
• "Scariff and Moynoe". Diocese of Killaloe. Retrieved 30 March 2014.